Henry A. Kissinger, President Richard M. Nixon’s assistant for national security affairs, said yesterday that a photostat copy of pledge he allegedly signed bequeathing $20,000 to the Zionist Organization of America was a forgery. The copy was received anonymously by the Washington Post and several other newspapers and magazines. Mr. Kissinger’s denial was confirmed by Jacob Rubin, director of the ZOA Foundation Fund, who said “unfortunately we don’t have such a pledge from any Henry Kissinger, the White House Kissinger or any other.”
Mr. Rubin explained that the ZOA has circulated many pledge forms and one could easily have fallen into the wrong hands. The signature on the form appears to be Mr. Kissinger’s. The White House aide said yesterday that it was either a photographic copy of his signature or a tracing. He has asked the Justice Department to investigate the document. The Washington Post said it had received a copy of the pledge from an anonymous letter writer who said that he and others were disturbed that a close adviser to the President should be “affiliated with the Zionist movement.”
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